My ideas:
To start the project, I had to brainstorm a list of 10 ideas that I would be interested in making for my final project. On my list was a Projector, Basketball hoop, Bluetooth speaker, Nightstand, Lamp, Desk lamp, Tool Organizer, Alarm clock, Bean bag toss game, and Pencil sharpener. Next I had to Deep Dive on the 3 ideas that made me the most interested. I did my deep dive on the ping pong table, basketball hoop and bean bag toss. In the end, I chose to make the bean bag toss game.
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Starting the project:
Once I brought all my supplies to school, I started by cutting all of the pieces out that I needed. I had 4 4 foot boards, 4 21 inch boards and 4 13 inch boards for the legs. Also in my supplies were 2 sheets of plywood that were 2 ft by 4 ft.
Next, I created my boards using my base and the plywood with the holes cut out. I drilled holes in the plywood where I was going to screw it down and then I put 12 2.5 inch screws on each board to keep the plywood to stay on. Some of the challenges with this was that I broke 2 of my screws because I hit screws from making the base.
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Next, I moved on to 2 smaller projects within my final project. I had to make the pegs to put in the back of the scoreboard, and I also had to make the legs so that my board would be like a normal board an stand at an angle. For the pegs, I made a sketch on inventor, and then sent it to the 3d printer to get printed. Then for the legs, I took my 13 inch boards and made the tops rounded by using the band saw and the sander. I drilled a 3/8 inch hole in the middle of all of the legs, so that they could attach to the board. I also drilled a 3/8 inch hole on both sides of the boards, so that I could attach the legs onto the sides of it.
Summary:
When starting this project, I was really nervous because I really hadn't used any of the equipment in the innovation center or woods lab before. I learned a lot about all of the machines and tools, and I think I can say that I would be able to most of the machines with no help. I needed a lot of help in the beginning, but towards the end I was a lot more independent. I learned a lot about not only the machines, but all of the software's I needed to use to actually use the machines.
I really liked the project as a whole, because I have never made that big of a project by myself. I liked that I was able to pick anything I wanted to build and do it from scratch. I also liked how I had to get all the supplies on my own, and I wasn't just given the supplies and walked through what to do. I had to find my own websites to base it off of, which was a little difficult at the start, but helped me get a lot of knowledge about what I was trying to do, and what steps I had to take to be successful.
I really liked the project as a whole, because I have never made that big of a project by myself. I liked that I was able to pick anything I wanted to build and do it from scratch. I also liked how I had to get all the supplies on my own, and I wasn't just given the supplies and walked through what to do. I had to find my own websites to base it off of, which was a little difficult at the start, but helped me get a lot of knowledge about what I was trying to do, and what steps I had to take to be successful.